Profile of Lizz Bottrell

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• A reason to bring back corporal punishment
  Just when you think you’ve heard the worst of mankind, something more disturbing makes headlines. Tessa Vanvlerah Sentenced To Consecutive Life ...
• A Farmers’ Market in Oxbow? Yes, please say...
  Results from Oxbow’s second Quality of Life Survey – a survey that measures people’s perception of their quality of life within the rural ...
• Heart Attack Grill symptomatic of larger issue
  In Sin City, where gluttony is not only encouraged but celebrated, the existence of a restaurant with the name “Heart Attack Grill” would seem ...
• Students fundraise to sponsor education for two girls
  Grade five students at Oxbow Prairie Horizons School learned a valuable life lesson recently when they decided to raise money to help children ...
• Educating Uganda, one brick at a time
  Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.— Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and 1993 Noble Peace Prize ...
• Living positive
  Six years ago I received a life-changing opportunity to work as a production assistant with a new government-run program. With college graduation ...
• Students Skype with Saskatchewan Hero, Senator...
  It’s not every day that a student receives the opportunity to speak with her Saskatchewan Hero. But, as luck would have it, the woman grade 4 ...
• One year later
  One year ago I took a leap of faith by quitting my full-time writing job in order to pursue a somewhat different path. My decision to come work ...
• Alameda students raise money for Safe Water project
  Imagine waking up in the morning after a less-than-adequate sleep on a cold dirt ground. Your stomach aches with hunger pangs and your mouth is ...
• A road trip to remember
  I’m back after a whirlwind road trip to Murrieta, California. We planned – fairly last minute I must add – the 5,500 kilometre round trip down ...
• Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
  Mrs. Jeannot's Grade 4 class enjoyed sharing their Leprechaun stories with students in kindergarten to grade 6 the morning of March. 19. They ...
• The devil within
  Todd Holt met the devil and lived to tell about it. The long road home took him to surprising places rife with unexpected turns. By his own ...
• Flip-flop season
  Thank you, thank you, thank you to Mother Nature for blessing us with such beautiful spring weather these past few days. She’s allowed me to ...
• Huskies’ season comes to end
  They gave it their best shot, but in the end, the Oxbow Huskies lost the semi final series 3-2 against the Bienfait Coalers in a deciding Game ...
• Awareness is the first step
  A viral video released last week by U.S. NGO Invisible Children has sparked widespread discussion about an unlikely topic – human rights in ...
• I want ...
  My week left me contemplating life and the people in my life, so I decided to venture onto a different path this week with my editorial. It’s ...
• Succession matching
  Business succession is changing. A son is no longer a blacksmith because his father was a blacksmith and his father’s father was a blacksmith. ...
• A heart-wrenching death
  A death by a well-trained family pet: could anything possibly cause more pain for a family? As a dog-owner and animal-lover, the idea is enough ...
• First Pixie Crack, now Go Go Juice, what’s next?
  If Toddlers and Tiaras, “Go Go Juice” and “Honey Boo Boo Child” had existed six years ago, I would totally still have cable TV. Like, Toddlers ...
• Hall achieves personal best at Skate Canada nationals
  Shelby Hall knows what she wants and she knows just how to get it – hard work, perseverance and practice, practice, practice. At a mere ...
• The beating heart
  This editorial was first published a couple years ago. I decided to publish parts of it again as a way raise awareness of heart health during ...
• Lightning Project receives green light from council
  First came the idea: A group of boys aged 12 to 16 decided they wanted to see a community skateboard and BMX park built in Oxbow. They met with ...
• SaskTel increases rate for rural customers
  Thousands of rural SaskTel customers – including those in Oxbow and the surrounding area – will see increases to their monthly bills in May. The ...
• Changing times
  Recently, I read a few articles discussing whether or not my generation should have children. I’ve also read a number of articles about ...
• Weathering complaints
  Complain. Complain. Complain. We all do it. It is a part of the human condition. But, I have to ask, could some people please choose what ...
• Truck collides with train causing 22 cars to derail...
  Emergency crews from Oxbow were busy last week, as many members attended the scene of a train derailment east of Oxbow. Twenty-two Canadian ...
• Chain me up and call me your ….
  Dog. Thought I might get a little vulgar there, didn’t you? It did cross my mind – just for the reaction – but it would have meant straying from ...
• Wash your hands
  As watched the new thriller Contagion with my significant other recently, my stomach knotted with anxiety. The premise of Steven Soderbergh’s ...
• The ever evolving door of change
  The end of a year and the beginning of a new one usually leads people to reflect on their current state in life. Some make the famed New ...
• Locals enjoying season with Midget AA Estevan Bruins
  Tanner Jeannot and Bryson Mayer, two local hockey players, joined the ranks of the Midget AA Estevan TS&M Bruins this season. This is ...